List of symphony orchestras

On this list are well-known symphony orchestras and chamber orchestra of classical music. For orchestra in the field of early music, see List of Baroque artist. For entertainment orchestra see Big Band.

A

• Abaco orchestra ( Munich)
• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ( London)
• Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
• Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
• Academic Orchestra of Leipzig
• Academic Symphony Orchestra of Munich
• American Composers Orchestra
• American Symphony Orchestra (New York)
• Ambassade Orchestra Vienna

B

• Bach Orchestra Leipzig
• Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
• Baden- Baden Philharmonic
• Badische Philharmonie Pforzheim
• Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe
• Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Baltic Philharmonic Hall (Danzig)
• Bamberger Symphoniker
• Basel Sinfonietta
• Bayer Philharmonic Orchestra (Leverkusen )
• Bavarian Chamber Orchestra ( Brückenau )
• Bavarian State Youth Orchestra
• Bavarian State Orchestra (Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich )
• Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic ( Augsburg)
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Manchester)
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Glasgow )
• BBC Symphony Orchestra ( London)
• Beethoven Orchestra Bonn
• Philharmonic Orchestra of Bergen (Bergen (Norway ) )
• Bergische Symphoniker ( Remscheid and Solingen )
• Berliner Philharmoniker
• Berliner Symphoniker
• Berne Chamber Orchestra
• Bern Symphony Orchestra
• Bielefeld Philharmonic
• Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Blood Castle Chamber Philharmonic Munich
• Bochum Symphony Orchestra
• Classic Philharmonie Bonn
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Brandenburger Symphoniker
• Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt ( Oder)
• Braunschweig State Orchestra
• Bremen Chamber Orchestra
• Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra
• Brussels Philharmonic
• Orchestra of the citizens singer - guild Munich
• Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

C

• Camerata Bern
• Camerata Salzburg
• Camerata Zurich
• Chamber Orchestra of Europe ( London)
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Cleveland Orchestra
• Columbia Symphony Orchestra
• Collegium Aureum
• Collegium Musicum Basel
• Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam )

D

• Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Symphony Orchestra of Danish Radio (Copenhagen)
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen
• German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
• German State Philharmonic of the Rhineland -Palatinate (Ludwigshafen am Rhein)
• German Film Orchestra Babelsberg (Potsdam / Berlin)
• Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin
• Dortmund Philharmonic
• Dresden Soloists
• Dresdner Philharmonie
• Dresden Symphony Orchestra
• Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra
• Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra

E

• Eastman Wind Ensemble
• English Chamber Orchestra ( London)
• Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt am Main )
• Erzgebirgisches Symphony Aue
• Essen Philharmonic

F

• Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini Parma
• Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra
• Frankfurt Orchestra Society
• Frankfurt Symphony
• Franz Lehár Orchestra ( Vienna)
• Ford Symphony Orchestra (Cologne)

G

• Gewandhaus Orchestra ( Leipzig)
• Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
• Göttingen Symphony Orchestra
• Grazer Academic Philharmonic
• Graz Philharmonic Orchestra
• Graz University Orchestra
• Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
• Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra

B

• Hallé Orchestra (Manchester, UK)
• Hamburg Philharmonic
• Hamburger Camerata
• Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
• Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento
• Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra
• Hofer Symphoniker
• Holst - Sinfonietta
• Houston Symphony Orchestra
• Hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt am Main )
• Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Heidelberg

I

• I Musici di Roma ( Rome)
• I Solisti Veneti (Venice)
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
• Iraqi Youth Orchestra ( Erbil, northern Iraq )
• Irish Chamber Orchestra (Limerick)
• Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands (Reykjavik )
• Israel Chamber Orchestra ( Jaffa / Tel Aviv)
• Israel Philharmonic (Tel Aviv)

J

• Jena Philharmonic
• Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
• Johann Strauss Orchestra Frankfurt
• Youth Symphony Orchestra Conservatory Bern
• Youth Orchestra of the European Union
• Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Music School Leipzig " Johann Sebastian Bach"
• Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatory Cottbus
• Young German Philharmonic Orchestra (Frankfurt am Main )
• Young Munich Philharmonic
• Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg
• Youth Philharmonic Upper Swabia
• Youth Philharmonic lowlands
• Young Symphony Orchestra Hamburg
• Young Symphony Cologne
• Young Symphony Orchestra Hannover
• Young Philharmonic Orchestra of Lower Saxony ( JPON )
• Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Tonhalle Dusseldorf

K

• Chamber Orchestra of the Saarland Radio
• Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ( Berlin)
• Chamber Orchestra Leipzig
• Chamber Symphony, Leipzig
• The Cologne Academy
• Cologne Chamber Orchestra
• Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin
• Kremerata Baltica (Riga)
• Kurorchester Bad Kissingen
• Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra (Mannheim)

L

• Landesblasorchester NRW
• State Youth Wind Orchestra Brandenburg
• State Youth Orchestra
• Landeskapelle Eisenach
• Landespolizeiorchester Brandenburg
• Land Nordrhein - Westfalen
• Lautten Compagney Berlin
• Leipzig Chamber Orchestra
• Leipzig Symphony Orchestra
• Leipzig University Orchestra
• Leonberger Symphony Orchestra
• Leonberger Youth Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
• Loh -Orchester Sondershausen
• London Classical Players
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• London Sinfonietta
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
• Louisville Orchestra
• Lucerne Festival Orchestra ( Lucerne)
• Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

M

• Girl orchestra of Auschwitz
• Madison Symphony Orchestra
• Mahler Chamber Orchestra
• Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (Kuala Lumpur )
• Malmö Symphony Orchestra
• Mannheim Bläserphilharmonie
• Mannheimer Philharmoniker
• MDR Sinfonieorchester (Leipzig)
• Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin
• Meiningen Court Orchestra
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig
• Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
• Minnesota Orchestra
• Munich Chamber Orchestra
• Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
• Munich Radio Orchestra
• Munich Symphony Orchestra
• Modern Sounds Orchestra ( Seelze near Hannover)
• Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
• Mozarteum Orchestra ( Salzburg)
• Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas
• Student Orchestra Münster
• Musiziergemeinschaft the casino company Leverkusen

N

• National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C. )
• National Symphony Orchestra Ghana ( Accra )
• National Symphony Orchestra of Estonia
• National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio
• National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
• National Theater Orchestra of Mannheim
• NBC Symphony Orchestra
• NDR Radio Philharmonic (North German Broadcasting )
• NDR Symphony Orchestra (North German Broadcasting )
• Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (Amsterdam )
• Neubrandenburg Philharmonic
• Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt ( Offenbach am Main )
• New Japan Philharmonic (Tokyo)
• New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
• New Mexico Symphony Orchestra (Albuquerque )
• New York Philharmonic
• NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo)
• Lower Saxony Youth Symphony Orchestra (Hannover)
• Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hannover
• North German Philharmonic in Rostock
• The Nordic Symphony Orchestra (Tallinn )
• Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra ( Herford )
• Symphony Orchestra of the Norrlandoper ( Umeå )
• Nuremberg Youth Orchestra
• Nuremberg Philharmonic Orchestra
• Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

O

• Odeon Youth Orchestra of Munich
• Orchestra BerlinClassicPlayers
• Orchestra of Berlin Music Lovers
• Orchestra of the cultures (Stuttgart)
• Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
• Orchestra of the Opera House Hall (since 2006 part of the Staatskapelle Halle )
• Orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (Munich )
• Orchestra of the Musical Comedy Leipzig
• Orchestra of the Academy of Music and Theatre " Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy " Leipzig
• Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( Rome)
• Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano )
• Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice (Venice)
• Orchestra of St. Luke's (New York)
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ( London)
• Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
• Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
• Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)
• Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( Geneva )
• Orchestre de Paris
• Orchestre National de France (Paris)
• Orchestre National de Lille
• Philharmonique Orchestre de Strasbourg
• Orchestre Révolutionaire et romantique ( London)
• Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
• Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste (Kinshasa )
• Oregon Symphony Orchestra
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York)
• Orquestra Camerana Bogotá
• Orquestra Filarmónica de Bogotá
• Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira (Rio de Janeiro)
• Orquestra Sinfónica de Colombia
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi (San Sebastian )
• Orquestra Sinfónica de Guatemala
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
• Orquestra Sinfónica de Sao Paulo
• Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
• Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
• Oslo Sinfonietta
• Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra

P

• Persimfans
• Philadelphia Orchestra
• Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra ( London)
• Philharmonia Hungarica ( Marl)
• Philharmonie Merck ( Darmstadt)
• Philharmonia of the Nations
• South Westphalian Philharmonic
• Hamburg Philharmonic
• Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Berlin
• Philharmonic Orchestra Altenburg -Gera
• Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Freiburg i.Brsg.
• Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra
• Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen
• Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra
• Philharmonic Orchestra Coburg State Theatre
• Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra
• Philharmonic Orchestra of Tehran
• Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg (formerly RTL Orchestra)
• Philharmonic Orchestra of the city of Trier
• Philharmonic Orchestra of Würzburg
• Philharmonic State Orchestra Hall (since 2006 part of the Staatskapelle Halle )
• Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
• Prague Symphony Orchestra
• Prayner Conservatory Orchestra ( Vienna)
• Portuguese Chamber Orchestra

Q

• Queensland Symphony Orchestra

R

• Radio Philharmonic Orchestra ( Hilversum )
• Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Rainbow Symphony Cologne (Köln)
• Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
• RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
• Recreation - Great Orchestra of Graz
• Robert Schumann Philharmonie Chemnitz
• Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra (Rome)
• Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( London)
• Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Rundfunk-Sinfonie - Orchester Köln
• Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
• Russian National Orchestra ( Moscow)
• National Philharmonic of Russia

S

• Saxon Bläserphilharmonie
• Symphony Saxony Chemnitz
• Staatskapelle Dresden
• San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
• Saarland State Orchester
• SchrÄgetÖne Orchestra ( Orchestra of the art plate, Stendal )
• Scottish National Orchestra (Glasgow )
• Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
• Sinfonia Varsovia
• Sinfonia Lahti
• Sinfónica de la Juventud Venezolana Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela )
• Aachen Symphony Orchestra
• Sinfonieorchester Basel
• Symphony Orchestra of the Music School Lower Neckar
• Symphony Luebbecke
• Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra
• Sinfonietta Dresden
• Sinfonietta Leipzig
• Singapore Symphony Orchestra
• Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
• St. Petersburg Philharmonic
• Staatskapelle Halle
• Staatskapelle Weimar
• Kassel State Orchestra
• State Rheinische Philharmonie ( Koblenz )
• State Orchestra Teplice ( Teplice )
• Stadtkapelle Karben
• Berlin Staatskapelle (Orchestra of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin)
• Stamitz - Orchester Mannheim
• Starkenburgring Philharmonic
• Student Orchestra Münster
• Court Orchestra Stuttgart
• Stuttgart Philharmonic
• Southwest German Philharmonic Orchestra (Konstanz)
• SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden -Baden and Freiburg
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra
• Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK ( Prague)
• Symfonieorkest Flanders ( Bruges )
• Symphony Australia
• Symphony of the Air
• Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio (Munich )
• Symphony Orchestra, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

T

• Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
• Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha
• Thüringer Symphoniker Saalfeld- Rudolstadt
• Tokyo Harmonia Chamber Orchestra
• Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
• Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra
• Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
• Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
• Musicians Orchestra of Lower Austria (Vienna)
• Toronto Symphony Orchestra
• Czech National Symphony Orchestra ( Prague)
• Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( Prague)

U

• Ulster Orchestra (Belfast )
• Utah Symphony Orchestra

V

• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela (Caracas )
• Orquesta de Virtuosi de Caracas cámara
• Vienna Conservatory Orchestra

W

• Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
• WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne
• WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
• West Australian Symphony Orchestra (Perth )
• West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
• Vienna Philharmonic
• Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• Vienna Imperial Orchestra
• Vienna Mozart Orchestra
• Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen
• Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
• Württemberg State Orchestra Stuttgart

Z

• Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra